NAVUZ speaks against Minister Chombo and Vice President Mphoko
By Natasha Justin The National Vendors Union Zimbabwe, (NAVUZ) yesterday dismissed Minister Chombo and Vice President Mphoko over making reckless utterances about the vending enterprise in Zimbabwe. The two senior government officials engaged in an ill-informed campaign that discredited vending…
Chitungwiza put health care beyond the reach of the poor
By Philemon Jambaya Chitungwiza Central Hospital located about 30 kilometres southwest of Harare has continued to privatize most of its departments. Chitungwiza hospital has up to date privatized its pharmacy, laboratory, mortuary and radiology departments. The mortuary is now being run…
Zim’s Urban Land as the New Profit Frontier of the Political Elite.
By Takura Zhangazha In the process of undertaking its radical land reform programme, the Zanu Pf government conveniently but by default retained what renowned academic Mahmood Mamdani refers to as the ‘bifurcated state’. That is a structured colonial era divisions…
Chitungwiza Council’s decision to retrench more than 700 workers insensitive
By Philemon Jambaya Residents of Chitungwiza have advised the council to cut the huge salaries of top management instead of retrenching more than 700 workers at the end of this month. Council has said it will retrench these workers…
ZANU PF ACTIVIST AND CHI-TOWN COUNCIL IN LAND DISPUTE
By Philemon Jambaya A storm is brewing in Chitungwiza after ZANU PF youths took it upon themselves to parcel out land to home seekers in the dormitory town without council authority. The city council is in a battle with…
Residents bear the brunt as government delays commissioning of Harare-Chitungwiza railway line
Byron Mutingwende Government delays in commissioning work for the Harare- Chitungwiza railway line is taking a heavy toll on residents as they grapple with unreliable and unsafe transport on a daily basis. Residents often have to pay inflated bus fare…
Cowdray Park’s Water Crisis Endangering the Lives of Women and Girls
By Mthabisi Onias Ndlovu Cowdray Park’s water crisis in the Hlalani kuhle residential area is endangering the lives of women and girls. The Hlalani kuhle area, one of the new residential stands in Cowdray Park, which started around 2006, is…
Epworth Women Bear the Brunt of House Demolitions
The recent wave of demolitions that hit the Epworth suburb has negatively affected the livelihoods of women. Sithokozile Maidza’s dream of owning a residential stand has been completely shattered as she is now left stranded and living in the open…
Human Rights Defenders Threaten Mass Mobilisation Against Demolitions
By Byron Mutingwende Policy makers have failed to adhere to the supreme law of land by demolishing houses in Chitungwiza, Epworth and Seke, human rights defenders have said. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights programme manager Dzimbabwe Chimbga said in demolishing…
MDC-T Former Councillor Bande Sucked in Epworth Illegal Stand Allocations
By Samuel Takawira Perusing the accounts of the demolition of ‘illegal’ structures in the Epworth and Chitungwiza in the media and moreso the social media, one is bound to imagine that the citizens are the sole cause of these demolitions….